by Jeremy Flagg | Oct 10, 2015 | writingtips
November is fast approaching. The mad dash to write an entire novel in 30 days is just over the horizon. I’ve been participating in National Novel Writing Month since 2006 and I’ve been the Municipal Liaison of the Massachusetts::Metrowest since 2011. In...
by Jeremy Flagg | May 4, 2015 | News, writingtips
I’ve fallen for Scrivener; we’re madly in love, and I appreciate how much it does to make my life better. While it sounds like sarcasm, it’s very much the reality at the moment. Having worked with several writing softwares, I think I’ve found...
by Jeremy Flagg | Apr 15, 2015 | News, writingtips
One of the first questions other writers ask me is, “What do you use to write?” There are a lot of options and each of them own a myriad of pro’s and con’s. I think to some extent, it is as personal a choice as the design on the notebook we...
by Jeremy Flagg | Feb 8, 2015 | News, writingtips
I just received my first proof copy of I.Am.Maine. The knock of the UPS man made me jump out of my seat. I was excited to touch the book I had been slaving over for months. As I tore away the wrapping paper, it was glorious. It was the culmination of hours spent...
by Jeremy Flagg | Oct 19, 2014 | writingtips
I am by no means an expert at grammar. I remember the exactly one quarter my senior year in English that we focused on grammar. Later as I would take creative writing classes in college, the focus would be on the content, not the grammar. While this hasn’t...
by Jeremy Flagg | Sep 28, 2014 | writingtips
At any given time, I have two or three writing projects going these days. I’m currently writing two separate novels and editing another. There are long stretches when I will gravitate towards one or another, but mostly, its so I can edit in chunks. Without my...